- She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama, Elderly People, and to Mental Health Charities.
- She was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts degree from the University of Bristol in 2002.
- Is one of 11 Coronation Street (1960) actors to have won a Best Comedy Performance Award at the British Soap Awards; the others are John Savident, Sue Nicholls, Malcolm Hebden, Andrew Whyment, Maggie Jones, Craig Gazey, Patti Clare, Simon Gregson, Sally Dynevor and Dolly-Rose Campbell.
- Mother of Emma Battcock.
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